Dear Rachel Maddow

[boxofdelights]

Dear Rachel Maddow, by Adrienne Kisner

I like everything this novel is about. A bright kid who loves journalism is failing school, due to dyslexia, a terrible home situation, and a deep depression due to her brother's death. She writes to Rachel Maddow for a school assignment, and keeps on writing, though not sending, letters about her life. Writing to her hero and thinking about what she loves inspires Brynn to change her life and the world for the better.

The plot and all the other characters are a bit predictable, though. The bad guys are all bad, cartoonishly so, and they all hate Brynn and attack her with all their power and privilege. The good guys all like Brynn and support her. The only character who doesn't fit neatly into either box is Brynn's ex-girlfriend, and the most surprising thing about her storyline is, why doesn't Brynn realize, the first time someone sends incriminating photos from her account, who would know her password?

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I'm now feeling very grateful

[jesse_the_k]

...that I wasn't a teenager in a time of passwords.